Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Abnormal involuntary eye movements
HP:0012547
What it means
Anomalous movements of the eyes that occur without the subject wanting them to happen.
Rare diseases that can present with this14
Common30–79%
9- Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles
- Encephalitis lethargica
- Episodic ataxia with slurred speech
- GM2 gangliosidosis, AB variant
- Juvenile Huntington disease
- Progressive encephalopathy with leukodystrophy due to DECR deficiency
- Sandifer syndrome
- Tubulinopathy-associated dysgyria
Sometimes5–29%
1The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
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